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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Oct 31;158(2):398–405. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13972

TABLE 3.

Correlation between 4-item perceived stress score and verbal numeric rating score of pain

4-item
perceived
stress score
Daily verbal
numeric
rating score
(VNRS) of
pain
Spearman’s correlation
Normotensive, n = 90 sPE, n = 50
Correlation
coefficient
P value Correlation coefficient P value
Pre-delivery
Pre-delivery +0.205 0.053 +0.246 0.086
Postpartum day 0 −0.102 0.336 −0.122 0.404
Postpartum day 1 +0.039 0.717 +0.090 0.540
Postpartum day 2 +0.71 0.515 +0.275 0.058
Postpartum day 3 +0.016 0.910 +0.024 0.884
 
48 – 72 hours Postpartum
Pre-delivery +0.180 0.089 +0.245 0.087
Postpartum day 0 −0.092 0.390 −0.044 0.766
Postpartum day 1 −0.094 0.385 −0.020 0.893
Postpartum day 2 +0.063 0.565 −0.062 0.677
Postpartum day 3 −0.051 0.726 +0.039 0.812

Abbreviation: sPE, Pre-eclampsia with severe features.